Item Description: Glasgow, Walter Macfarlane & Co. nd (c.1933)., 1933. The firm of Walter Macfarlane & Co, of The Saracen Foundry, Possilpark, Glasgow, were the best-known British suppliers of decorative ironwork from the late nineteenth century onwards. This volume provides hundreds of illustrations of pipes, gutters and decorative rainwater heads available from stock, and is in a larger format than earlier editions. Although it is described as volume I, it was issued as a single volume with another or others intended to follow later, although these were not published. 8vo. 1 vol (ex 2). 273+(1)pp, numerous litho text ills. Publisher?s cloth, slightly worn, also chipped at head of spine with slight loss of upper blank tips of pages. Roderick Gradidge?s copy, with his bookplate. Bookseller Inventory # 09138

Item Description: Walter MacFarlane, Glasgow, 1907. Hardcover/Hardback. Book Condition: Good. No Jacket. Folio: [ii]. 400 pp. Full cloth Volume 1 only. With five smaller (ephemeral) publications by MacFarlane: Illustrated Supplement (with several b/w photographs of realised examples of the casting work); Architectural and General Cast Ironwork ('A selection of our manufactures cast in iron for Building Fronts and for use in Public Buildings generally'); and three leaflets, one with Rain water heads, the other two with Eared pipes. The catalogue is undated, however 1907 appears on a shield on the final (advertisment) page, and some of the drain pipe heads are adorned with 1904. Fully illustrated in b/w, with photographs and text illustrations (engravings?). Fully illustrated trade catalogue for W. MacFarlane & Co., a manufacturer of ornamental ironwork founded by Walter MacFarlane. The catalogue shows a wide range of castings, from pipes, pipe connectors and gutters, to gratings, baths, water troughs, fountains, street lights and a complete band stand. In the rear is a section with examples made by the company in the past years. This includes winter gardens, conservatories, covered promenades and pavillions. Also features a bird's eye view of the foundry and a map of Glasgow. The foundry was located in Glasgow, Possilpark, and was named Saracen Foundry. Condition: Good, given age. An owner's ink stamp on the title page. Scattered, sometimes quite heavy, foxing throughout. Spine ends slightly bumped, as are the corners. Binding a little shaken. Bookseller Inventory # 55116